Meredith Jobe, 34, World war II Navy officer and former LaHarpe grade school teacher and athletic coach, was killed in a head-on collision during a driving snowstorm near Champaign last Wednesday evening, Jobe's car collided on slippery pavement and in extremely bad driving conditions, with an automobile driven by Sgt. Ambrose Barselow of Fithian, Illinois.

Jobe was killed outright in the accident, and all five of his passengers were hurt, two of them seriously.  Barselow was only slightly injured.

The well-known former Fountain Green and LaHarpe man was a graduate student at the University of Illinois, working toward his doctor's degree.  His companions, all listed as graduate students, were returning to Champaign and Urbana from the veterans hospital at Danville, where all held part-time positions.

Oiffcers [sic] investigating the accident, said the crash occurred during a heavy snowfall and on pavement which was literally "a glare of ice".

Mr. Jobe, a graduate of Western State College at Macomb, joined the LaHarpe faculty as seventh grade teacher and elementary school coach in 1939, remaining for three years.  He later enlisted in the Navy and served as a commissioned officer.  After leaving LaHarpe, Mr. Jobe married the former Miss Mary Fryrear of Monmouth, who taught in the local school systems while he was a faculty member.  They have one five-year-old daughter, Marsha.

Jobe's body was brought to Fecht funeral home at Carthage.  Funeral services were held at the Carthage Presbyterian church in Carthage, Rev. Robert B. Clark officiating, on Sunday afternoon, and burial was made in Memorial Park cemetery at Monmouth.

The deceased, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jobe of Carthage, was born there on July 8, 1916. He attended Fountain Green grade and high schools, completing his work for graduation at Carthage in 1934.  He then attended Western State College at Macomb and received his bachelor's degree. He taught in the LaHarpe school system for three years and later held other teaching posts in various communities before entering the service.

Left to mourn are his wife, their daughter, Marsha; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jobe; two brothers and one sister, Delmar and Verla Jobe, both of Carthage, and Ivan Jobe of Macomb.

Obituary from the files of the LaHarpe Historical and Genealogical Society, published
February 7, 1951.

Photo clipping from the collection of Okle Campbell Browning.

William Meredith Jobe was the son of Harry Huston Jobe and Mabel Emma McGee.  In addition to Verla, Ivan and Delmar, the fifth Jobe sibling was Ronald.

See also: H. Delmar Jobe (brother) Marion & Belle Mossey McGee (grandparents)

Jobe, Harry [or Henry], head, male, white, 29, married (1st) for 10 years, born IL, both parents born IL, spoke English, farmer, general farm, employer, could read and write, owned his farm home free of mortgage, farm schedule #116

Mable, wife, female, white, 26, married (1st) for 10 years; mother of 3 children, all living; born IL, both parents born IL, spoke English, could read and write

Ivan, son, male, white, 8, single, born IL, both parents born IL, attended school after Sept. 1, 1909

Verla, daughter, female, white, 2, single, born IL, both parents born IL

Sam, son, male, white, ?/12 [illegible], single, born IL, both parents born IL

Jobe, Harry H, head, paying on a mortgage, male, white, 37, married, could read and write, born IL, father born KY, mother born IL, spoke English, farmer, general farm, employer, working on own account, farm schedule 51

Mabel E, wife, female, white, 36, married, could read and write, born IL, both parents born IL, spoke English

Ivan A, son, male, white, 17, single, could read and write, born IL, both parents born IL, spoke English, farm laborer on the home farm

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Berla, daughter, female, white, 12, single, attended school after Sept. 1, 1919, could read and write, born IL, both parents born IL, spoke English

Delmar H, son, male, white, 10, single, attended school after Sept. 1, 1919, could read and write, born IL, both parents born IL, spoke English

William M, son, male, white, 3 6/12, single, born IL, both parents born IL